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Didrik Ferdinand Didrichsen (3 July 1814 in Copenhagen
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– 19 March 1887 in Frederiksberg
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) was a Danish botanist and physicist
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He participated as botanist in the first Galathea Expedition (1845—1847). In 1851 he began work as a librarian at the botanical gardens in Copenhagen. From 1856 to 1875 he was an associate professor of botany. In 1875, Didrichsen succeeded Anders Sandøe Ørsted
Anders Sandøe Ørsted (21 December 1778 – 1 May 1860) was a Danish lawyer, politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark in 1853–1854.
Biography
He studied philosophy and law at the University of Copenhagen and wa ...
as professor of botany at the University of Copenhagen
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and director of the botanic garden
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, whereby the already then much better known Eugen Warming
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was passed over. After Didrichsen's retirement in 1885, Warming succeeded him in both positions.
As a taxonomist
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, he described the botanical genera '' Mostuea'', '' Myriogomphus'', '' Pogonophyllum'' and '' Stenonia'', as well as numerous plant species. Many of these findings were published in the '' Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjøbenhavn''. Taxa with the specific epithet of ''didrichsenii'' are named in his honor.
Publications
* ''Plantas nonnullas musei Universitatis Hauniensis descripsit'', 1854. * ''For hundrede Aar siden : smaa Samlinger til et Tidsrum af den danske Botaniks Historie : særskilt Aftryk af "Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift", 3. R. 6. B.'', 1869.publications)
References
1814 births 1887 deaths 19th-century Danish botanists Botanists active in South Asia University of Copenhagen alumni University of Copenhagen faculty {{Denmark-botanist-stub